VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ITA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES ee ETErieirereerrrererirtitoetiyy TRẢẤN TIIỊ PHƯƠNG THẢO AN INVESTIGATION ON COMMON ERRORS LN PRONOUNCLNG ENGLISII CONSONANTS MADE BY 6 TO 10 YEAR OLD TUDENTS AT LINKINWORLD ENGLISH SKILLS CENTER, DONG ANH, HANOI Tìm hiểu những lỗi phát âm phụ âm tiếng Anh thường gặp của học sinh từ 6 đến 1( tuổi tại trung tâm kĩ năng Anh ngữ Linkinworld, Dong Anh, Hà Nội MLA. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Language Teaching Methedology Code: 60.0111 Ha Noi, 2014 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ITA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES ee ETErieirereerrrererirtitoetiyy TRẤN TIIỊ PHƯƠNG THẢO AN INVESTIGATION ON COMMON ERRORS IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH CONSONANTS MADE BY 6 TO 10 YEAR OLD TUDENTS AT LINKINWORLD ENGLISH SKILLS CENTER, DONG ANH, HANOI 'Tìm hiểu những lỗi phát âm phụ âm tiếng Anh thường gặp của học sinh từ 6 đến 1) tuổi tại trung tâm kĩ năng Anh ngữ Linkinworld, Đông Anh, Hà Nội MLA. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Language Teaching Methodology Code: 60.0111 Supervisor: Do Tuan Minh, Ph.D Tla Noi, 2014 CANDIDATE’S STATEN Thereby certify that the thesis entitled “An investigation on common errors in pronouncing English consonants made by 6 to 10 year old students at Linkinworld English skills center, Dong Anh, Hanoi” is a result of my research for the degree of Master of Arts al University of Languages and International Studics — Victnam National University, Hanoi. This thesis has not been submitted for any degree at any other university or tertiary inslitulion.
Signature ‘Tran ‘Thi Phuong ‘Thao ABSTRACT This minor thesis aims at identifying the most common mistakes of students aged [rom 6 to 10 years old at Linkin’ world English skills center, Dong Anh, Hanoi” when they pronounce English consonants as well as investigating the main causes of these mislakes and the possible pedagogical solutions to assist them to correct their mistakes. In the course of fulfilling this study, the researcher used 2 data collection instruments: tape recording of the informants’ pronunciation ol’ selccled words and words within sentences and dialogues to find out the most common mistakes in pronouncing English consonants and questionnaire for teachers to investigate the causcs of these mistakes and some possible solutions teachers use to help their students improve these mistakes The dala analysis reveals the following mayer findings. The most common. mistakes of students when pronouncing English consonants are sound omission and sound deviation.
The main causes of mispronuneiation arc as follow: (1) Students do not know how to use their mouth, tongue, lip to pronounce. (2) Negative influence of the mother tongue: the students are too much affected by the way they pronounce Vietnamese. (3) Students are not confident to pronounce English sounds. These results are taken into account and lead to some pedagogical suggestions to deal with these found problems 11 Anh, Hanoi" 1 is hoped that this sludy will contribute to the goal of enhancing students’ performance in teaching and learning foreign language 2.
Aims and objectives 2. Am: - bmproving students’ pronunciation of English consonants 2.2 Objectives of the study - Identify what English consonants that arc often mispronounced hy 6 to 10 year old students at Linkinworld English skills centre, Dong Anh, Hanoi - Identify what common mistakes students make in pronouncing those English consonants - Find out causes of mistakes made by students in pronouncing those Fnglish consonants - Suggest some possible solutions to help students improve their pronunciation of English consonants. Research questions - Question 1: What are English consonants that are often mispronounced ty 6 to 10 year old students al Linkin’ world English skill centre, Dong Anh, Hanoi - Question 2: What common mistakes do students make in pronouncing those Enghsh consonants? - Question 3: What are the causes of those mistakes? - Question 4: What are leachers’ possible solutions to those mislakes? 4, Scope of the study There are many problems in Vietnamese students’ pronunciation. Ilowever, because of limited time and the scale of the minor thesis, I only focus on common mistakes in pronouncing some English consonants and causes of those mistakes as well as possible solutions to eliminate them.
And I ABSTRACT This minor thesis aims at identifying the most common mistakes of students aged [rom 6 to 10 years old at Linkin’ world English skills center, Dong Anh, Hanoi” when they pronounce English consonants as well as investigating the main causes of these mislakes and the possible pedagogical solutions to assist them to correct their mistakes. In the course of fulfilling this study, the researcher used 2 data collection instruments: tape recording of the informants’ pronunciation ol’ selccled words and words within sentences and dialogues to find out the most common mistakes in pronouncing English consonants and questionnaire for teachers to investigate the causcs of these mistakes and some possible solutions teachers use to help their students improve these mistakes The dala analysis reveals the following mayer findings. The most common. mistakes of students when pronouncing English consonants are sound omission and sound deviation.
The main causes of mispronuneiation arc as follow: (1) Students do not know how to use their mouth, tongue, lip to pronounce. (2) Negative influence of the mother tongue: the students are too much affected by the way they pronounce Vietnamese. (3) Students are not confident to pronounce English sounds. These results are taken into account and lead to some pedagogical suggestions to deal with these found problems 11 Anh, Hanoi" 1 is hoped that this sludy will contribute to the goal of enhancing students’ performance in teaching and learning foreign language 2.
Aims and objectives 2. Am: - bmproving students’ pronunciation of English consonants 2.2 Objectives of the study - Identify what English consonants that arc often mispronounced hy 6 to 10 year old students at Linkinworld English skills centre, Dong Anh, Hanoi - Identify what common mistakes students make in pronouncing those English consonants - Find out causes of mistakes made by students in pronouncing those Fnglish consonants - Suggest some possible solutions to help students improve their pronunciation of English consonants. Research questions - Question 1: What are English consonants that are often mispronounced ty 6 to 10 year old students al Linkin’ world English skill centre, Dong Anh, Hanoi - Question 2: What common mistakes do students make in pronouncing those Enghsh consonants? - Question 3: What are the causes of those mistakes? - Question 4: What are leachers’ possible solutions to those mislakes? 4, Scope of the study There are many problems in Vietnamese students’ pronunciation. Ilowever, because of limited time and the scale of the minor thesis, I only focus on common mistakes in pronouncing some English consonants and causes of those mistakes as well as possible solutions to eliminate them.
And I Anh, Hanoi" 1 is hoped that this sludy will contribute to the goal of enhancing students’ performance in teaching and learning foreign language 2. Aims and objectives 2. Am: - bmproving students’ pronunciation of English consonants 2.2 Objectives of the study - Identify what English consonants that arc often mispronounced hy 6 to 10 year old students at Linkinworld English skills centre, Dong Anh, Hanoi - Identify what common mistakes students make in pronouncing those English consonants - Find out causes of mistakes made by students in pronouncing those Fnglish consonants - Suggest some possible solutions to help students improve their pronunciation of English consonants. Research questions - Question 1: What are English consonants that are often mispronounced ty 6 to 10 year old students al Linkin’ world English skill centre, Dong Anh, Hanoi - Question 2: What common mistakes do students make in pronouncing those Enghsh consonants? - Question 3: What are the causes of those mistakes? - Question 4: What are leachers’ possible solutions to those mislakes? 4, Scope of the study There are many problems in Vietnamese students’ pronunciation.
Ilowever, because of limited time and the scale of the minor thesis, I only focus on common mistakes in pronouncing some English consonants and causes of those mistakes as well as possible solutions to eliminate them. And I LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1: Consonants in English Table 2: Number of students wilh rouble of English consonanls ‘lable 3: Number of students pronouncing sound omission Table 4: Number students making mistakes of sound deviation Figure 1: Teachers’ perceptions of causes of students’ mistakes Figure 2: Teachers’ methods used to help students correct mistakes 1V ABSTRACT This minor thesis aims at identifying the most common mistakes of students aged [rom 6 to 10 years old at Linkin’ world English skills center, Dong Anh, Hanoi” when they pronounce English consonants as well as investigating the main causes of these mislakes and the possible pedagogical solutions to assist them to correct their mistakes. In the course of fulfilling this study, the researcher used 2 data collection instruments: tape recording of the informants’ pronunciation ol’ selccled words and words within sentences and dialogues to find out the most common mistakes in pronouncing English consonants and questionnaire for teachers to investigate the causcs of these mistakes and some possible solutions teachers use to help their students improve these mistakes The dala analysis reveals the following mayer findings. The most common.
mistakes of students when pronouncing English consonants are sound omission and sound deviation. The main causes of mispronuneiation arc as follow: (1) Students do not know how to use their mouth, tongue, lip to pronounce. (2) Negative influence of the mother tongue: the students are too much affected by the way they pronounce Vietnamese. (3) Students are not confident to pronounce English sounds.
These results are taken into account and lead to some pedagogical suggestions to deal with these found problems 11 Anh, Hanoi" 1 is hoped that this sludy will contribute to the goal of enhancing students’ performance in teaching and learning foreign language 2. Aims and objectives 2. Am: - bmproving students’ pronunciation of English consonants 2.2 Objectives of the study - Identify what English consonants that arc often mispronounced hy 6 to 10 year old students at Linkinworld English skills centre, Dong Anh, Hanoi - Identify what common mistakes students make in pronouncing those English consonants - Find out causes of mistakes made by students in pronouncing those Fnglish consonants - Suggest some possible solutions to help students improve their pronunciation of English consonants. Research questions - Question 1: What are English consonants that are often mispronounced ty 6 to 10 year old students al Linkin’ world English skill centre, Dong Anh, Hanoi - Question 2: What common mistakes do students make in pronouncing those Enghsh consonants? - Question 3: What are the causes of those mistakes? - Question 4: What are leachers’ possible solutions to those mislakes? 4, Scope of the study There are many problems in Vietnamese students’ pronunciation.
Ilowever, because of limited time and the scale of the minor thesis, I only focus on common mistakes in pronouncing some English consonants and causes of those mistakes as well as possible solutions to eliminate them. And I TABLE OF CONTENTS PART A: LNTRODUCTION. Aims and objec 3. Scope of the study.
Significance of the study 6. Organization of the study. ww PART B: DEVELOPMENT. CHAPTER I1: LITERATURE RI 1.
The role of pronunciation in language teachin; 1. Mistakes in language learning 1. Types of mistakes. Possible causes of mistakes in language learning CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY.
The informants of the study. Data collection instruments. Data collection procedures 2. Data analy CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS.
Findings and discussi T19. in pronouncing English consonants PART C: CONCLUSION. Limitation and suggestion for further rescarch. REFERENCES TABLE OF CONTENTS PART A: LNTRODUCTION.
Aims and objec 3. Scope of the study. Significance of the study 6. Organization of the study.
ww PART B: DEVELOPMENT. CHAPTER I1: LITERATURE RI 1. The role of pronunciation in language teachin; 1. Mistakes in language learning 1.
Types of mistakes.